What do I do with this blog?

Okay, this blog has been pretty much idle since I stopped teaching multiple classes in a single semester at MCTC. I created this blog so I could share the same information with students across several online classes, and now I don't need to do that anymore. So, now I'm grappling with what to do with this blog space. Do I keep it and work on writing pithy commentary on some professional topic on some kind of regular basis? Do I note it as closed until further notice? Do I morph it into more of a personal/professional reflection blog?

For now, I am undecided. I will leave this here for now. For those of you who stumble upon this blog space, that's why it looks relatively untended. Because it is. For now.

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PHDI Fall Portfolio Show

The PHDI Fall Portfolio Show entitled [12] Elements featuring the fine work of 12 PHDI graduating students.

The show runs from 11/29 - 12/3 at the Vine Arts Center in the Ivy Building for the Arts 2637 27th Avenue South.

Things kick off this evening with an Industry Preview Night from 6:00 - 9:00

Regular Gallery Hours from 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm Wed 11/30, Thursday 12/1, Friday 12/2 and Saturday 12/3 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

We have another Reception planned for Thursday 12/1 from 6:00 - 9:00.

Your presence and support of the students and their fine efforts will be greatly appreciated.

For more information and to preview the students' work go to:

http://www.mctcphotoportfolioshow.com/ (site designed by MCTC Web Design student Malcolm Browne)

additional info can be found at:

http://www.minneapolis.edu/About-Us/News/Nov-2011/2011-11-16-phdi-portfolio-show

Speed Networking

OIF Blog » Registration open for “Intellectual Freedom across the Globe” webinars

Pricing for these webinars is pretty reasonable, and there is a free option as well. I encourage you to participate.

OIF Blog » Registration open for “Intellectual Freedom across the Globe” webinars

Hard Choices: Do Libraries Really Destroy Books? : Monkey See : NPR

What do you think about weeding? Does it cause you physical pain to think of tossing out a book? Does it feel cathartic to get the old stuff outta there?

Hard Choices: Do Libraries Really Destroy Books? : Monkey See : NPR

The Book of Life: Write Your Own Megillah

From ha-Safran, the list for Jewish Library people:

Hi! I am pleased to announce that my podcast interview with blogger
Barbara Krasner about her NaNoWriMo-style writing project has now
been posted at

http://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2011/10/write-your-own-megillah.html.
Listen to the podcast to hear about this excellent event for Jewish
children's writers that will be taking place during Jewish Book Month
2011. Barbara blogs at The Whole Megillah and the writing project is
called Write Your Own Megillah.

Enjoy!

Heidi Estrin

Host, The Book of Life Podcast

The Book of Life: Write Your Own Megillah

Letters to a Young Librarian: Which Is It? Clothes Make the (Wo)Man or Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover?

How do you dress? Letters to a Young Librarian: Which Is It? Clothes Make the (Wo)Man or Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover?

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Creepy

OnStar Tracks Your Car Even When You Cancel Service

Wired.com

Navigation-and-emergency-services company OnStar is notifying its six million account holders that it will keep a complete accounting of the speed and location of OnStar-equipped vehicles, even for drivers who discontinue monthly service.

OnStar began e-mailing customers Monday about its update to the privacy policy, which grants OnStar the right to sell that GPS-derived data in an anonymized format.

Full story: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/onstar-tracks-you/